| Show II Iii tho tb of I a Iol Concord Cabarras Co N C It 1 Tg the Editor I have been In lh the field but bUI two weeks J I arrived In this county It holmium In the elt east Tennessee mission on May a 2 23 11 1900 On I wt was met b by my partner Jo Jos Wo at t Concord we then to Ul the country where we have labre labored Iino We have made man many frIends ald amid w wp meet many enemies but they wi will lol not Inet inset u us In argument on the but bUI all 1 lorts sorts ot of stories abut aboUt u and our blet belief I If ChristIans ar are to tobe bl be jUdt Judged by charity and nd 10 love 11 Im afraid ther there 11 will b be but few tew found be beIn here hereIn In some pall parts of this county have turned members from churches church because they the of Go God nut But the mOlt striking feature tu to me WI was a mobbing that tok took pia plans Sunday evening June Ird 3rd While Elde Elder Wol le and myself wr win being entertained by a Brother rother Otra George IL H Goran Gorman A as WI we were about bul to retire after holding family services 1 we wr were interrupted b by an are armed masked mob which rushed Int lute the house As Broth Brother er Garman undertook to stop them as tbt they entered h he wa W thrown from lb the thedoor door and nd over high steps to the ground receiving severe bruises about the head hed and nd limbs Another rushed In anti nd grabbed Elder Woolsey by the therm arm rm but he wa was shaken ol oft Kleer Eider attention tenton Wi was then drawn to Brother Bruther Garman who was wal lUl still out In Inthe inthe the dor door yard and Just ut fr from hi tal fall T The same me one that tried un El under Elder der Wo Woolsey pounced upon Brother Or Oar mans stepson who ho wa sitting In tle the rm room choking him until Sarah Srah h his old t elte sister trie tried to unmask the 11 aS aSsailant lat when lie he le lied The same ame felo fellow who threw Brother rushed acro lh the ron rodni and seized me and w we both went struggling f Into the dor door nearby whee where I W was While I w wan struggling to lo get loose from bin hie IP u We wr Were In the dor door vay the rest of th the crowd arrive arrived arund around the house They al all pounced ulon upon me mind dr dragged d m me away from th the hou house Some tw few about but the house nr fir lag their revolvers When the tb got wol out Into Ihl timbered pasture they paused with me for tor a moment to I see It if some lome of them could leave to let got El EI EIder der Woolsey who had nt not yet dl cov ered my absence but bul WA was examining wounds As AI soon Oln 1 I was wae missed Rid Elder WoollY went rund round the house to 8 se what hd bath bome become ot of Ile tue but was wal unab unable to 10 discover just whre I IWI Iwas WI was a 1 he did not nol know whether J I had fd lied or was wal In the hae or of the mob Jt It was dangerous to venture out I as the bullets 1 were flying In all directions Notwithstanding the danger Garman tol took h hIM ax the only weapon he hd had and ld rol to follow th mob but persuasion of Elder Wool Woolsey and the moans and crl cries ot of the children he decided ede to remain leaving me In the protecting hands hand of God o The mob numbering a force ot of nine ban began striking me while I wa wan held Jast and nd powerless When J I re regain gain 1 my breath breth to speak I reprove reproved them by telling them of tie the they pIH While the nine men were wre swinging their ell about m my head I lil felt That at God would take car care of me and ond protect me from being seriously Injured or kie killed for I hd had ben been sending 1 a silent petton petition to If my Oo God al all the while they were dragging me from the house hOUM shooting abut about and ld abusing me mc When the they be bern begin rn gin to I see how cowardly I It loke looked to lO treat me as 1 they di did they promised me tl they would not let another ole omme hl hit me in I if 1 would go peaceably with them to 10 Roke Rockey river where Ie haul had to go gotor for tor we e must Ie leave VI the county Know KnowIn In I was wal powerless and unde under lub sub subjection to them for whatever they dt di lir sired of 01 m me J I consented although J I rall rather disliked the tour four mie mile walk thru through h the woods and without a friend While w We were stopping some ome of at Iho those who could not find rom room to take hold of me bad gone fone back toward the house hOUN I It was an expedition I dreaded ae 18 as wo 0 ln started out whEn the cri cries earn tr from the house Father ki kill roul th ki kill you ou O 0 Omy 1 my father intermixed with the dl charging ot of revolvers and the of the of lead bYI hoys ot of led led These Thele were er some ot of the sentence It struck upon m my er ears U 1 journeyed through the thicket into Inlo th the rod road At this Um they hd had al all caught up together never ner leaving 10 loose of my arms arma aoU until WI we reached the bridge I They we wets very er angry at t f n nd would hardly alo allow mt me to open m my I mouth but they lon soon commenced sk k ing m inc questions Are After telling me they Ild lid not nol want us ua around thel there a as they hd had the Bible and their preachers and we were not needed they ha began to uk ask ml inc regarding J Joe SmIth Ot Of COl course this gave me an opportunIty to talk J I answered their questions with lb great nat and It was wal not long lonc until they allowed r mae to take Ih the lend on the subject I lit g A tl few moments they the were all 1 to lo what I had to lo 1 say A At Atter i iter ter I hal had ex le a greet mini things to t them J I aake asked them If I cult could In A song bey ame seemed to be quits friendly now bl but they tole told me I it cl could Pt not h be allowed on a Sunday S So SoI I again commenced to talk to 10 them tin n nUI UI til we e reached our destination On art am rising at the center of tie the bridge which III Ii about lt 11 feet fHt In length Ineth 1 we stopped a fw few moments lert liars tb they II let 1 go t nty arias and proceeded to hold ln an indignation meeting In which they commanded me never to e cross that bridle bridge back tk Into that county for tor a asure Ire sure u I did would ki kill me ald anti they also 1 lold oh me to write to my mr pitt tf ncr U as soon loon a as possible warnIng hint of the same me fI fate The Then thanking them all U for tor thir their kindness toward mm me In Ingoing going with me 10 so far out ot of their wa waI way I bd bade them o night I to CI the bridge bareheaded Hut But th the leader of th the mob b pulled hw his old op cap or ol oland and al a I it tl to me t my oth other end ot of In n the bridge I could not help to tn my Father for tor heir I Ills I prot protect protecting t ing n me while In tho hands ot of I k their it wortis 0 to me and nd feln feeling that Ihal I might nt not t St t Word or to Elder Eider Wol In time timeto I to 10 he hi his life by writing to 10 him I I proceeded to follow the mob amid It 11 POe Ilbe warn Wol Woolsey ot if his hll danger m my souvenir In my had hand I journel Journeyed bek back down the rod road On my journey I was wal led Ird along alonga lo loa a different rd road to that which W we em earns I traveled through bushes fields and toree tons At lenth Inh I arive arrived lt at Heather hrober aeI George I fount Brother Garman armed wih with hi his IX ax Ins that Elder EMer Woley Woolsey Wits 1 not tl th there I decided to take may tny hat and grip and go 0 to lr Mr hampton who is II a t trl friend and Protector ot of t tOm Mormon Om Ik an After traveling on one mi mile I rosebud the Yr Mr just at t da day liht Bide Elder Woly Woolsey arrived a fe few houri later safe fe ald and unhurt le lie In for I tue that tAt he I spent nl th the night as al standing guard hac while I tok took the pr part ot of a traveling victim lUm and IUt scout I A A ADAMS ADAMS |
